Intelligence in embedded controls - a case study

Author

Muthuraman, R. ; Fajebe, A. ; Commuri, S.

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Oklahoma Univ., Norman, OK, USA

fYear

2004

fDate

38079

Firstpage

125

Lastpage

130

Abstract

This paper presents a framework for the realization of intelligent embedded systems for control applications. Requirements on system intelligence are translated into requirements on the system hardware and software. The hardware and software components of the design and their impact on system performance are discussed. Software and hardware architectures are presented that enable the realization of these requirements. Recent trends in the hardware-software co-design and hardware reconfiguration are utilized to design systems that are fault-tolerant and have higher reliability under all operating conditions. The design approach is validated by means of a case study.

Keywords

control system synthesis; embedded systems; fault tolerant computing; field programmable gate arrays; hardware-software codesign; intelligent control; intelligent sensors; reconfigurable architectures; FPGA; actuator agent; control agent; embedded control applications; fault-tolerant systems; hardware components; hardware reconfiguration; hardware-software codesign; higher level of abstraction; intelligent embedded systems; intelligent sensor selection; reconfigurable computing; remote monitoring; sensor agent; sensor fusion; software components; system intelligence requirements; user programmable gate array; Application software; Computer architecture; Control systems; Embedded system; Fault tolerant systems; Hardware; Intelligent systems; Software performance; Software systems; System performance;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Region 5 Conference: Annual Technical and Leadership Workshop, 2004

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8217-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/REG5.2004.1300180

Filename

1300180